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Is there an update.zip for the DK28 Modem or you have to use odin?

Hey guys I have a quick question. My buddy has the Samsung Epic 4g and was running from store stock DK18 build. He recently updated to DK28 using the leaked update.zip method. So far his phone is working fine with the exception of the gps not working. I dont own a samsung and after reading through all this info im super glad cause I see nothing but problems from what I am reading. Things are so much easier with my OG moto droid haahhahahah. He wants to root his phone and install a custom rom.
But most of the roms I look at say you need the dk28 modem installed first. Was the DK28 modem installed with the DK28 2.2 update zip? Or it wasnt included with that? How can I tell on his phone if he has the DK28 modem? Is the only way to get the DK28 modem on his phone by flashing it using odin? I find it hard to believe that there is no update.zip for it by now. If anyone can help me out with this or point me in the right direction I would appreciate it. Would much rather just find the update zip for the dk28 modem so I dont have to mess around with odin since I dont own a samsung.
There are way to many threads on here regarding this issue so its kinda hard to sort through them all. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

Go to Settings=>About Phone. This will tell you you're baseband version. If it says DK28 at the end you're set...otherwise read on.
I just flashed Bonsai 2.0 and the modem was not included. I used the signed modem update afterwards from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861341
Without the DK28 modem you won't be able to get a signal through the cell radio. Wifi worked but the device was switching airplane mode on and off every half second. Flashed the modem AFTER the rom...I don't recommend this... and all is well.
I was also coming from DI18 and stock rom with a modified kernel.

zetterwing said:
Go to Settings=>About Phone. This will tell you you're baseband version. If it says DK28 at the end you're set...otherwise read on.
I just flashed Bonsai 2.0 and the modem was not included. I used the signed modem update afterwards from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861341
Without the DK28 modem you won't be able to get a signal through the cell radio. Wifi worked but the device was switching airplane mode on and off every half second. Flashed the modem AFTER the rom...I don't recommend this... and all is well.
I was also coming from DI18 and stock rom with a modified kernel.
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Ok ok awesome I was thinking that about the baseband version but wasnt sure so figured I would ask. So he does have the dk28 at the end. Thats good. One less step he has to take. How do you like Bonsai? I was actually looking at that one for him. That will probably be the first one he will try.
One more question. How did you root the phone? Did you use the z4root app and then download rom manager and flash clockwork that way? Or did you use one of these one click root programs that I see in this forum? What do you think the easiest way is for him to get root and clockwork recovery on his phone?
Thanks for all your help Zetter I appreciate it.

The best way to root is to use the one-click. It will give you root, recovery, and the recovery redirect.
Rom Manager will not flash clockwork without a custom kernel and z4 doesn't install recovery or the redirect.

DiGi760 said:
The best way to root is to use the one-click. It will give you root, recovery, and the recovery redirect.
Rom Manager will not flash clockwork without a custom kernel and z4 doesn't install recovery or the redirect.
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Ok awesome thanks for the info Digi. What is the redirect I am seeing that alot but dont really see a quick explanation of what it is/does?

skylordusa1 said:
Ok awesome thanks for the info Digi. What is the redirect I am seeing that alot but dont really see a quick explanation of what it is/does?
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For one, it allowed the use of multiple recoveries. For example, for a short period, many of us were running cwm 2.5.1.0 AND 2.5.1.2 since one only supports rfs and the other only supports ext4. Booting into recovery via the death-grip brought you to 2.5.1.0 and the redirect allowed you to reboot into 2.5.1.2.
I believe the redirect is also what allows programs like quickboot to reboot to recovery mode without using the death-grip.

DiGi760 said:
For one, it allowed the use of multiple recoveries. For example, for a short period, many of us were running cwm 2.5.1.0 AND 2.5.1.2 since one only supports rfs and the other only supports ext4. Booting into recovery via the death-grip brought you to 2.5.1.0 and the redirect allowed you to reboot into 2.5.1.2.
I believe the redirect is also what allows programs like quickboot to reboot to recovery mode without using the death-grip.
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Awesome thank you for the info Digi. We used the one click root method and now we have root and when holding the volume , camera and power button we go into clockwork recovery 2.5.1.0. Is there a special button or combo you need to hit for the redirector to work? Or it reboots you into the correct clockworkmod automatically depending on what filesystem RFS/EXT4 you are currently using? Sorry to be such a pain. This stuff is kinda new to me since I dont own a samsung. I really appreciate your help though.

Ok I after reading the bonsai rom thread I found the new oneclickroot with clockwork3. So I tried that one now and was able to reboot into clockwork 3.x.x.x
and install the bonzai rom. Had a problem after the install completed. The phone wouldnt boot up just got hung on the black samsung screen. I know in the Bonzai thread it said not to wipe but after the phone hung I booted into recovery and and did a wipe then installed the bonzai zip again and the phone booted up. GPS still doesnt work so that kinda sucks. But I guess its all trial an error. I will keep reading. Thanks for the help.
Is there a way to check on his phone if he has the ext4 filesystem or the rfs. I am guessing since he has cw3 and was able to boot into the new ext4 bonzai rom he converted to the ext4 FS but would like to know if there is a way to check.

skylordusa1 said:
Is there a way to check on his phone if he has the ext4 filesystem or the rfs. I am guessing since he has cw3 and was able to boot into the new ext4 bonzai rom he converted to the ext4 FS but would like to know if there is a way to check.
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Like you said, by installing CWM3 you have automatically converted to EXT4...BUT if you really want to check: from adb you can type 'adb shell mount' without the quotes. Or you can type 'su' (enter) then 'mount' from terminal emulator. You should see EXT4 as the fs type for /system, /data, and /cache.

leatherneck6017 said:
Like you said, by installing CWM3 you have automatically converted to EXT4...BUT if you really want to check: from adb you can type 'adb shell mount' without the quotes. Or you can type 'su' (enter) then 'mount' from terminal emulator. You should see EXT4 as the fs type for /system, /data, and /cache.
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Thanks alot leatherneck. I figured he had it but its always good to double check to make sure everything worked. I see the EXT4 in Term Em. Thanks again for the help. I appreciate it.

upgrade from clockwork 2.5 to clockwork 3.0

I have clockwork 2.5, rfs, supernova, genocide kernal.
Can i just run 1click 3.0 to upgrade clockwork, and get ext4. Or do I have to return to stock first?

You can just run the one click.
Once installed, it will back up your phone, convert and restore your phone.

Make sure you have an EXT4 kernel on your SD card, or a dual filesystem (RFS & EXT4) kernal installed, or your phone will not boot once you install CWM 3.0.0.6 and convert to EXT4
AFAIK, the Genocide Kernel 0.3a does support RFS & EXT4

DCRocks said:
Make sure you have an EXT4 kernel on your SD card, or a dual filesystem (RFS & EXT4) kernal installed, or your phone will not boot once you install CWM 3.0.0.6 and convert to EXT4
AFAIK, the Genocide Kernel 0.3a does support RFS & EXT4
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I think kernel would be ok too, but it shouldn't matter. Since I'm planning on installing frozen immediatly. I think I know everything I need to do. But could someone check my steps and make sure I don't forget something
first do 1click root 3.0. after converting to ext4(without reboot), wipe,wipe,wipe, flash frozen.
Seems to easy, I'm afraid I'm missing something.

That's pretty much all you do. ) Same steps I took.

I will flash it tomorrow, when I have all weekend to fix any screwups. Hopefully frozen 1.0.1 will come out tonight. But either way Its getting installed.
I have a need for speed!

[Q] How to root on mac?

Hi i want to root my EB18 Epic, but at the moment i only have a mac to use so can someone explain how to do it? I want the newest one with CWM 3.0.0.5 something like that.
Thank you

Try this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=808103

its114 said:
Try this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=808103
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yea that will give you 2.5.1.0. Its easy to use though. And the only reason you need Clockworkmod3(CWM3) is if you want to convert to an EXT4 filesystem. Benefits are a noticeable speed increase....but most roms that are EXT4 dont enable journaling (even faster) so you can possibly corrupt data (some or all) if you battery pull, quickboot (?), or other reboots that dont unmount safely...
If you really want CWM3 i suggest using ODIN and flash the EB13 file with 3.0.0.6 ...you can find this in development section...one file and you will be rooted and on EXT4.

[Q] EXT4 help for SyndicateRom Frozen

Hi guys, I was planning on flashing SyndicateRom Frozen, and I think I might need to convert to ext4. I’ve been reading for hours and I've read so much that I think my eyeballs are about to fall out.
I’m coming from a stock EB13 deodexed Froyo rom from XDA (which is great btw). From what I understand I will still need to convert to ext4 by running the convert .zip in the first post of the Syndicate thread. Then update to the Syndicate rom. Is this correct?
So the steps would be:
1) Download cwm3.zip and Syndicate rom to phone
2) Access my current cwm (down vol., camara, and power)
3) Update to the cwm3.zip and it will convert to ext4
4) Reboot and access cwm again and wipe data 3x
5) Update to the Syndicate rom
Also, after I convert I take it this means I can't go back to my older backup roms?
As an aside, I think this is my first post so want to thank all those making these roms a reality. And thank all those that have spent their time and effort reverse engineering/hacking/working on this phone and it’s software.

Pretty much spot on I believe. I just rooted my epic today and am running this rom and its really fast, you will enjoy it.

I don't know that I've seen a cwm3 flashable zip are you sure that the one you have/mention there isn't the 3.0.0.6 one click version? If so then you should just need to root with cwm3 one click (directly over top 2.5) then boot into recovery with 3 finger and it will convert to ext4, then you wipe data, cache and dalvik 3x and flash the rom. No need to reboot after ext4 conversion, just wipe and flash once it does its work and you should be all set.
Sent from my ACS frozen Epic

Sounds like what I did for my phone last week.
Anyone know if you can do the same for those with the EC05 update? Wife is so impressed with the ROM she wants me to do hers, but she was waiting to see how EC05 was

lawlhai said:
Sounds like what I did for my phone last week.
Anyone know if you can do the same for those with the EC05 update? Wife is so impressed with the ROM she wants me to do hers, but she was waiting to see how EC05 was
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i think ECO5 will have different instructions...i saw a post earlier in acs thread about something like that...
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iamchocho said:
I don't know that I've seen a cwm3 flashable zip are you sure that the one you have/mention there isn't the 3.0.0.6 one click version? If so then you should just need to root with cwm3 one click (directly over top 2.5) then boot into recovery with 3 finger and it will convert to ext4, then you wipe data, cache and dalvik 3x and flash the rom. No need to reboot after ext4 conversion, just wipe and flash once it does its work and you should be all set.
Sent from my ACS frozen Epic
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I think now that I've had a chance to look at the cwm3.zip and go deeper into the instructions, this looks like the right way. cwm3.zip is the one click setup. I'm about to try this, for those interested I currently have cwm 2.5.1.0 installed, which I expect will be replaced when the cwm3 is run.

It works! It was rather uneventful actually. The steps were basically what iamchocho described, it was straight forward.
So I've been using the new rom for a few hours now, and it's scary fast. It actually takes a second to adjust to the speed.
Thanks iamchocho for the instructions, and all those who replied as well.

[Q] rfs2ext4 question

I would like to know that if i converted to ext4 when i was in dk28, does it ever go back to rfs if i odin or start using gingerbread roms? like do i have to re-convert it to ext4 for ext4-only roms?
thanks in advance.

y2bangali said:
I would like to know that if i converted to ext4 when i was in dk28, does it ever go back to rfs if i odin or start using gingerbread roms? like do i have to re-convert it to ext4 for ext4-only roms?
thanks in advance.
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anytime you odin a rom, it writes whatever filesystem is built into that rom. if you odin back to stock, it writes everything back to rfs. Most of the current GB roms are rfs with an option to convert to ext4 with the plus kernel.